A French footballer with an international career, Éric Cantona has turned to
film and song. Born in Marseille on May 24, 1966, he began his career as a
professional footballer with AJ Auxerre in 1981 and joined the French national
team the following year, before building up a fine record of achievements over
the following decade with Olympique de Marseille and Manchester United, before
retiring at the age of thirty in 1997. Notorious for his controversial stances,
Cantona turned to beach soccer, winning the World Championship in 2005, and then
to film and song. He has appeared in...